It had been well over a minute since the toa had arrived. Ratchet was trying his best to figure how the pit their masks work, the only one he managed to even theorise on was the mask of Xrays which both Raf and Kopaka had. The others, left him stumped. Sierra's mask allowed her to run the speed of a jet fighter, much like Pohatu's one. June and Tahu could generate a personal force field, albeit, Tahu's one seemed to be a far bit stronger, he theorized it was connected to the mask shapes as some kind of grading. The Krata creature smokescreen had seamed to trash violently whenever Takanuva or Jack drew near to it, but he dismissed it, no way it would react that way only to them, right?
"SO, what's the big problem here,other than the over sized toa?" Pohatu asked with an optomistic tone.
"Makuta." Jack deadpanned. "Smokescreen, show them."
Smokescreen nodded and held out the canister with the green and silver krata in it. The creature thrashed and hissed venomously upon seeing the toa but recoiled at the sight of Jack and Takanuva, cowering almost.
"Yeah, you remember us, don't you ugly?" Jack asked bluntly as he glared at the krata. "I know you're relaying this to Teridax, tell him, we're coming for him." The creature let out a frightened screach as it thrashed in the container away from Jack.
"How can this thing be relaying stuff?" Smokescreen asked as he tapped the container, agitating the krata. "I mean, I don't see any tech on it."
"Their telepathically linked to their master, the Makuta Teridax." Gahli explained with a slightly frown, although it was hard to tell due to the face her mask covered her face and the only indication were the brows of the mask and the vocalizer light. "He already knows how you fared against his Rahkshi."
"Great, a hive mind." Arcee huffed in annoyance. "Great just fraging great!"
"Arcee, relax, just keep these things off your face, you'll be fine." Jack assured her.
"Yeah, never-not fun to be controlled by Makuta, heart-swear." Lewa shivvered at the memories.
"So, you have delt with these, Makuta before jack?" Optimus asked as he looked down at the honorary prime. Jack nodded but looked grim, Optimus guessed the last time wasn't exactly his idea of fun.
"Ratchet, we'll need the Toa's help if we want to stop Teridax." June explained. Another white shimmering gateway opened up and more figures stepped through, Glatorian.
"WHOOOO WHO WHO WHOOOOOOO!" Called a blue one as she spun around a staff. "MIKO!"
"KINA!" Miko called as the two tackled eachother into a hug.
"Kina, calm down." Ordered a red and orange clad figure.
"Akar, how's it been?" June asked.
"Ahh, nurse Darby, it has been a while." He chuckled with a kind smile. "Kina was just pulling a Kina."
"WAS NOT!" The blue glatorian snapped back.
"Oh primus, there's two of them now." Ratchet groaned.
"Three, Lewa pulls the same." Rafael spoke up nervously as a massive bug like creature clad in green and black scuttled through the vortex before it closed, Jack pulled two axes out of thin air and aimed them at the creature, Sierra pulled out her twin claw gauntlets, June pulled two interlockable blades out (once belonged to Toa Lihkan), Raf pulled out a shield and a spear while Miko pulled out a Disk launcher. "GOHRAS!"
"Relaxzzz, I'm on yur zzzide." The creature buzzed as it raised its four clawed hands.
"She is, Takanuva made sure of that ages ago." Akar told them, everyone but Jack seamed to lower their weapons.
"Akra, sorry but I still don't trust her, especially after the Hordika event." Jack snarled as the axes blades glowed with a blue light.
"Oh no, he's ticked." Raf gulped as he crouched behind his shield, June interlocked her blades and used it like a riot shield, Sierra and Miko B-lined for behind bulkhead. The other toa, soon followed and the bots got the hint, jack when mad is something to be afraid of.
"Jack, calm down." Tahu ordered sternly. "NOW!"
"Stay out of this tahu!" Jack snapped as a jet of water shot out of the edge of the ax and slammed Gohras against the wall of the base, cracking it severly. Tahu rushed at Jack only to be slammed back by a powerful bust of water.
"What the...?" Arcee awed, she'd never known jack to have a temper, this was much worse than how she could get.
"Jackson, calm down..." Gahli asked cautiously. "We do not want a repeat of Voya Nui."
"Gahli, stay out of this, it's between me and that god damned Makuta." Jack snarled as Gorus pulled herself from the wall and spat a bit of green blood onto the floor next to her.
There was a brown blur and jack was on the floor, unconceous and his wrists bound by two claw like tools. Pohatu stood over him shaking his head sorrowfully.
"Safe yet?" Miko squeeked from behind bulkhead.
"MAN! That was awesome!" Kina called excitedly. "I so bet he could beat a scorpinok without help!"
"Easy Kina, you know Jack's got problems." Akar told her softly as he looked at Jack.
"Why did he do that?" Arcee asked as she looked at Jack.
"Gohras was the Makuta who left him to the Visorak." June explained as she disconnected the two swords but kept them at the ready. "It was because of her I went in after him and got turned into Hordika, I guess he's still holding that grudge."
"What is a Hordika?" kina asked with a puzzled look, even Ratchet had no idea and was slightly dissapointed about the fact she beat him to the question.
"Part Toa, part rahi beasts, I was aflicted by it for a few weeks before Keetongu cured me." June explained.
"DUde, I got pics!" Miko called as she flipped out her phone and abegan flicking through images untilshe ended at what looked like a cross between a red armored woman, reptile creature and a toa. Ratchet and smokescreen recoiled at the sight and bumblebee buzzed in worry. Kina snatched the phone and began to poke at the screen and buttons, obviously knew to that kind of technology.
"That hurt." Tahu muttered as he staggered over. "When he wakes up, let'sjust say, it won't be fun for him."
"Tahu!" Gahli scolded the toa of fire."NO! You cannot harm jack for that!"
"Gahli's right Tahu, you know better than most what anger can do to people." Akar reasoned.
"Tahu brother, we mustn't fist-fight eachother while makuta-sons are loose on this world." Lewa reasoned.
"Whatever." Tahu grunted before walking up the steps to the human area and sitting down on the table with a huff.
"ZZZory, I zzzould go zzzouldn't I?" Gohras asked bluntly.
"Oh no, you're not leaving my sight!" Kina growled as she grabbed the Makuta by one of her arms. "You are not going anywhere!"
"What do we do with Jack until he wakes up?" Ratchet asked. "With a know like that, he'd be out for a few days."
"Ugh...my head." Jack groaned as he tried to roll over. "Who hit me? A Borak-Kal?"
"Then again, what do I know?" Ratchet asked sarcastically.
"Pohatu." Arcee told him shortly. "Jack, you alright, you scared us there for a bit."
"I will be, just get me to some water." Jack groaned as he finally rolled over onto his back. "Or just get me some protodermis."
"What?" Arcee asked as she looked up at the others.
"Protodermis, a metal which is liquid at room temprature." Takanuva explained. "It's drinkable and helps with healing, especailly on humans."
"Well, we don't have any." Miko sighed with annoyance. "Well, I've got a cube of the stuff." She added as she pulled the silver cube from her pocket. "But's it's inpure, needs to be processed."
"I'll get him some water." Gahli offered.
"No gahli, it's okay, spare your strength." Jack grunted as he sat up and twisted his wrists so that the cuffs fell off and onto the floor. He rubbed his wrists and picked up his twin axes and stood up. "One wrong move Makuta, you'll end up as Teridax did."
The female makuta nodded swiftly with a frightful look. Jack rubbed the side of his head and walked over to Tahu who turned away from him.
"Sorry Tahu, I wasn't thinking straight." Jack apologized.
"Yeah well think next time." Tahu muttered. Jack smiled and shook his head, at the moment, that was the best he could get from Tahu. "And to think, you're a toa of water."
"Well, we surprised you didn't we?" Jack chuckled as he walked over to Gorhas who flinched.
"Pleazzze no." She wined with fear.
"I won't hurt you, but remember, one wrong more." Jack growled.
The makuta nodded feaverishly as jack walked off.
"Mum, we're going on a slug hunt." Jack smiled as he donned the blue kanohi, there was a flash as blue and silver armor appeared over his body, the axes clipped over his back. "Arcee, Lewa, Pohatu, Bumblebee, Raf, we'll need trackers, Whenua, Bulkhead and Sierra, we need our heavy hitters, Tahu, you coming?" Jack asked, instead of a moving mouth, there was a line of gold light which reverberated as he spoke in the vocalizer.
"Fine." Tahu growled.
"Jack, what are you pulling?!" Ratchet asked sternly.
"Shh be bery bery quiet, we're going on a wakshi hunt." Miko giggled as she did an elma fudd impersonation.